在六十年代早期和中期,Hancock的樂團主要從事俱樂部演出和錄音,但真正使他聲名鵲起獲得廣泛承認的是他加入Miles Davis的五重奏以後,他與Miles共同呆了五年多。在與Davis合作的後期,樂隊開始演奏Jazz-rock的風格,Hancock對這種風格十分適應,1968年他自己組了一個六重奏追求自己的演奏觀念。合作樂手包括Julian Priester、Buster Williams和Eddie Henderson,他們演奏Hancock原創的作品,樂隊成為70年代早期最受歡迎和最具影響力Jazz-Rock樂隊。從1969年開始,Hancock廣泛使用電鋼琴和其他電子樂器,包括合成器。1973年迫於經濟壓力Hancock將他的樂隊削減為四重奏,其中包括特色樂手Bennie Maupin。新樂隊的風格還是Fusion,但這次更多偏向於Jazz-Funk。Hancock四重奏的首張專輯《Head Hunters》被剛萌芽的Disco樂界廣泛接受而且贏得巨大的銷量。整個七十年代其餘的時間,Hancock的音樂始終關注於這個領域。由於這十年在Disco市場的大受歡迎,使得他進一步削減了現場爵士演出。期間他也製作了數張傳統爵士專輯,其中有與Chick Corea一起的以及他自己樂隊V.S.O.P.的。1986年Hancock在電影《‘Round Midnight》中出演並演奏,還寫了電影的配樂,因此獲得學院獎。之後他在爵士樂界更為活躍了,與Tonny Williams,Ron Carter,Michael Brecker其他人一起巡演。2008年,他的唱片集river:The Joni letters獲第50屆格萊美年度最佳專輯。赫比.漢考、郎朗和音樂才子劉澤鍇互相交流
專輯名 年份
Takin Off | 1962 | |
My Point of View | 1963 | |
Inventions and Dimensions | 1963 | |
Empyrean Isles | 1964 | |
Maiden Voyage | 1965 | |
Blow-Up (Soundtrack) | 1966 | |
Speak Like a Child | 1968 | |
The Prisoner | 1969 | |
Fat Albert Rotunda | 1969 | |
Mwandishi | 1970 | |
He Who Lives In Many Places (with bassist Terry Plumeri) | 1971 | |
Crossings | 1972 | |
Sextant | 1973 | |
Head Hunters | 1973 | |
Thrust | 1974 | |
Death Wish (Soundtrack) | 1974 | |
Dedication | 1974 | |
Man-Child | 1975 | |
Flood (Live album) | 1975 | |
Secrets | 1976 | |
VSOP (Live album) | 1976 | |
Herbie Hancock Trio | 1977 | |
VSOP: The Quintet (Live album) | 1977 | |
VSOP: Tempest in the Colosseum (Live album) | 1977 | |
Sunlight | 1977 | |
Directstep | 1978 | |
An Evening with Herbie Hancock Chick Corea: In Concert (Live album with Chick Corea) | 1978 | |
The Piano | 1979 | |
Feets, Dont Fail Me Now | 1979 | |
VSOP: Live Under the Sky (Live album) | 1979 | |
CoreaHancock (Live album with Chick Corea) | 1979 | |
Monster | 1980 | |
Mr. Hands | 1980 | |
Herbie Hancock Trio | 1981 | |
Magic Windows | 1981 | |
Lite Me Up | 1982 | |
Quartet (Live album) | 1982 | |
Future Shock | 1983 | |
Sound-System | 1984 | |
Village Life (with Foday Musa Suso) | 1985 | |
Round Midnight (Soundtrack) | 1986 | |
Jazz Africa (Live album with Foday Musa Suso) | 1987 | |
Perfect Machine | 1988 | |
A Tribute to Miles | 1994 | |
Dis Is Da Drum | 1994 | |
The New Standard | 1995 | |
1 + 1 (with Wayne Shorter) | 1997 | |
Gershwins World | 1998 | |
Future2Future | 2001 | |
Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall (Live album) | 2002 | |
Possibilities | 2005 | |
De Luxe (Unofficial) | 2005 | |
River: The Joni Letters | 2007 | |
Then and Now: the Definitive Herbie Hancock | 2008 | |
The Imagine Project | 2010 |